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TIL: The Pizza Effect - The phenomenon of a nation's or people's culture being transformed elsewhere, then re-exported to their culture of origin

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v1vb7 TIL - In 1992, Sinead O’Connor’s career suffered a near lethal blow when she ripped up a photo of the Pope during a performance on Saturday Night Live. This is long before the public was aware of the Catholic Church's role in covering up child abuse, and the incident ignited a firestorm
E1lYw TIL of the theremin, an instrument played without any physical contact which was invented in 1920.
b9Xa9 TIL that Margaret Mitchell's husband said to her "For God's sake, Peggy, can't you write a book instead of reading thousands of them?" She went on to write "Gone with the Wind."
paZO TIL the word dude originally referred to an 1880s hipster.
QQ9 TIL that a massive 1km^3 particle detector sits under the South pole.